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THIGPEN ANDCLECKLEY- THE THREEFACES OF EVEIndividual Differences…read more

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What are projective tests? The subject is asked to draw something or look at something. They way they draw the figure or what they `see' in the ink blot, is suppose to reveal their personality. May be invalid as the person may lie about what they see to give socially desirable answers (`good' answers') The tests' interpretation is also affected by the prevailing beliefs of the psychiatric profession at the time of the testing or the personal beliefs held by the tester.…read more

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What is personality? `The distinctive and characteristic patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour that define an individuals' personal style and influence his or her interactions with the environment'…read more

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Multiple Personality Disorder People who suffer from MPD/DID have al the different aspects of their personality but contained in a separate unit In a normal person these processes act together to form an integrated whole but instead in those who suffer from DID, they say as individual units, each one taking on aspects of an individual personality. It is more common in women DID is thought to be a coping mechanism for traumatic or disturbing events in the persons' childhood. DID- Dissociative Identity Disorder…read more

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DSM-IV-TR MPD/ DID is a dissociative disorder in which two or more distinct personalities coexist within one and the same individual To be diagnosed with DID, the person must have at least 2 separate personalities (aka ego states) and each one must have it's own way of feeling and acting that's independent from the other ego states. Each of these ego states has to come forward and take control at different times and they must exist for some time and should cause the person disruption rather than being simply the result of drugs or drinking.…read more

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Alters/ Ego States Primary alters are the main personalities, the ones which manifest the most often. Subordinate alters are the ones that are rarely presented and are sometimes not detected for a while after the diagnosis has been made. Subordinate alters may hear the voices of the other alters.…read more